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Error 1628 when installing FSX SDK - SOLVED!

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I created this account for the sole purpose of seeing if the AVSIM braintrust had the answer to my problem.  I didn't find it so I want to share it with everyone.

 

The situation:

  • Brand new Windows 8 x64 laptop with great specs
  • FSX Deluxe installed with absolutely no issue
  • I wanted to tweak my home airport

The problem:

  • The FSX SDK is required for some 3rd party addons

No big deal, right?  The SDK is included on the FSX install disk.

 

Except (DUN DUN DUN) -

The bleeping installer for the RTM SDK would simply not successfully run.  Every time the installer throws error "1628: Failed to complete installation."

 

You can Google your heart out about Windows 8, FSX SDK, Flight Simulator X SDK Windows 8, or any combination thereof and not find a single helpful link within spitting distance.

 

You will find a mountain of links about error 1678 telling you to rename the InstallShield folder, kill some processes, re-install InstallShield (you can't, Win8 won't recognize older versions), or create a new user account (link to Microsoft's article on this error).

 

Forget it.  On Win8 this is a complete waste of time.

 

The solution:

All that preamble aside, the solution was incredibly simple in comparison to all the hoops I was trying to jump through.

 

The double-secret-probation Administrator account.

 

Win8's admin account is disabled by default.  Even when you choose "Run as administrator" you're not really running as THE ADMINISTRATOR.  Here's what you do, and here's a link to a comprehensive guide to this super admin account.

  1. Open an elevated command prompt.
  2. Type this command and hit enter:
    net user administrator /active:yes
  3. Hit Win+L to lock your computer.
  4. At the login screen, click the leftward-pointing arrow at the top left of your login picture.
  5. Click on the Administrator account.
  6. Find your troublesome installer and run it.
  7. Voila! Your SDK is installed!
  8. Install SDK SP1a and SP2 as needed.
  9. Log out of the admin account by going back to the Start screen, clicking Administrator in the top right corner and choosing Sign out.
  10. Log back in as your normal account
  11. IMPORTANT!  For security's sake, disable the super admin account when you're done by running this command in an elevated prompt:
    net user administrator /active:no

Happy flying -

TangoPapa

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Uh huh... so UAC is now even more tightly integrated into Windows.

 

Thanks for helping me to decide to never run Windows 8!

 

Best regards,

Robin.

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Uh huh... so UAC is now even more tightly integrated into Windows.

 

Thanks for helping me to decide to never run Windows 8!

 

Best regards,

Robin.

 

For once I don't think UAC is to blame (shocking, I know).  The thing I keep in mind is that FSX was released 6 years before Win8 - a ton happened between WinXP *cough* Vista *cough* and Win8 is an entirely different animal.

 

Speaking as one who does client support for a living I find UAC a necessary evil. 

 

Win8 will be an adjustment (still is for me) but technology keeps moving.  My options are to let it steamroll me into using my computer a way other than I want it, or try to pound it so hard that it begs for mercy and submits to my will.

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Hey. I've noticed that there are tons of people with this issue, not necissarily with the SDK but with the FSX Setup. I'm one of them, however, your solution seems to work for everyone - except me. I 'unlocked' the "superadmin" account but I still get 1628 when I try to install FSX. Any ideas?

 

PS. Fixed it. I ran it in the super admin account, and I found another post on a forum which required me to run iDriver, iDriver2 and iDriverT as admin.

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Tried this Admin thing. Changed it to Administrator account. Still got the 1628 error.. Im running Windows 8

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I tried the net user thingy, and got to the win L prompt and it wouldn't go there.

did anyone ever figure out how to get by this 1628 error that worked????

 

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